Acer 751. Popular netbook with mobile internet. | Laptops

Thursday, 20 August 2009 06:22 Laptopfreak

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Acer 751. Popular netbook with mobile internet.
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The bottom

The bottom is where you insert/remove the battery and SIM card if you bought this netbook for mobile internet purposes.

The right side

The left side

Overview

Not a whole lot of surprises here; standard I/Os really, but it is very nice to have a card reader that works with your camera.

Diodes

The diodes are colour coded, with for example Bluetooth as blue. Most are green though and located by the power button. The rest are down in the left corner, where you can see WiFi and Bluetooth, among others. The power button also has a diode so you can find it in the dark.

Keyboard and touchpad

That such a small computer can have such a comfortable keyboard is no less than awesome. All the keys have been given enough space and are actually quite large, large enough for writing notes, assignments and general surfing.

The touchpad is of adequate size and works well enough, but it has a tendency to be oversensitive now and then. The mouse button is fairly hard, so you have to use a little bit of force to click it. I find that rather nice, as it reduces unintentional clicks. Still, I would always prefer to buy a small mouse to use instead of the touchpad – if nothing else, it is a good deal faster.

Display

For a netbook it sports a nice, big display with a great resolution. The display is 11.6 inches large and can run a resolution of up to 1366 x 768 px, which is great for surfing the web. The display is very crisp, but it is of the glossy type so you are bound to experience some glare issues.

The colours are good, very vivid, sometimes too good, meaning they try too hard to reproduce colours.

As a new part of our reviews we now test displays for pixel errors and faults in the backlighting, using a program called MonitorTest. It works by, for example, blackening the entire display which will expose pixel errors, i.e. areas that do not change colour. This will also allow you to see if the backlighting is uneven.

The display has an even backlighting and seems free of any pixel errors. There are no dead pixels or any other faults, so it appears to be a well-made model.

Sound and speakers

The aural aspect is still a bit ”netbook-y”. For a netbook the audio is decent, good enough for basic needs, but it cannot play very loudly. While it provides some of the best sound of all the netbooks I have had my hands on, I would still recommend a good pair of headphones or speakers if you want to enjoy music on it.

Noise, heat and power consumption

It is a very quiet netbook, so you can leave it running to your heart’s content without it getting annoying. That also makes it well-suited for student use as it will not interrupt a lecture with its noise.
Unfortunately it gets very hot at the bottom when you sit with it. You are thus better off leaving it on a table or you might burn your thighs a little.

I expect the power consumption to be fairly low; the battery should last a while and if you need it to last longer, you can always activate the power saving function.